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Corning has unveiled Gorilla Glass 4, a new and improved version of the Gorilla Glass that, when it adorns the front of your new smartphone or phablet, can survive drops of 1 meter onto a rough, hard floor 80% of the time. As part of the announcement, Corning also had some things to say about sapphire glass. Read on for more details.

Google has taken the wraps off the Nexus 6, a six-inch smartphone (phablet) that is essentially an enlarged Moto X. It runs Android 5.0, which is now officially called Lollipop. It will be available to pre-order from October 29, and will appear in stores/on your doorstep in the first week of November. Pricing starts at $650 off-contract — or about twice what the Nexus 5 cost.

It now seems likely that Google’s next Nexus smartphone will be the Motorola-made Nexus 6. Yes, as the numeral indicates, this will be a 6-inch device (or 5.9 inches to be exact, according to some sources). A recent photo of the Nexus 6 (codenamed Shamu) suggests the phone will essentially be a scaled-up version of the new Moto X (and indeed, it might be called the Nexus X instead of the Nexus 6). The latest Nexus 6 leaks have pegged some particularly impressive hardware specs, including a 2560×1440 (QHD) display and a large 3,200+ mAh battery.

The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, along with being the largest phones Apple has ever built, are also the toughest and most durable. Perhaps even more importantly, the iPhone 6 beats out the durability of other Android phones in the same class (the HTC One M8 and the Moto X), and the iPhone 6 Plus is the most rugged smartphone with a screen larger than five inches, beating out the Galaxy S5.

Early this morning, the embargo lifted on reviews of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Reviews for the iPhone 6 are almost exactly what you’d expect — it’s just a bigger iPhone — so instead we’re going to look at reviews of iPhone 6 Plus, which have been a lot more divisive. Is the iPhone 6 Plus too large? Has Apple nailed the large-screen iOS experience on the iPhone 6 Plus, or does fuzzy zooming and app glitchiness ruin it? And perhaps most importantly, does that bigger chassis mean that the iPhone 6 Plus can turn in some truly amazing battery life figures?

The new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus was made available for pre-order sales around the world this weekend, and despite their worryingly massive 4.7- and 5.5-inch diagonal measurements, they have proceeded to sell out almost everywhere. According to an official statement from Apple, more than four million iPhones (6 and 6 Plus combined) were pre-ordered in the first 24 hours of availability. Is this finally proof that Android device makers and users were right all along — that Apple was wrong about small screens, and that large-screen smartphones are the future of mobile computing?

Yesterday, Apple announced the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Now, with Apple officially joining the battle for a market that is quickly gravitating towards large-screen devices, it’s time to compare the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus against the best the Android market can muster: The HTC One M8. We’ll also talk about where the Samsung Galaxy S5 and Note 3/4 fit into the equation.

That’s it, folks. The Fire Phone looks neat, but a lot of that technology seems like a gimmick. Until I get to use the device myself, I’ll remain skeptical. Still, the pricing model and standard 32GB of storage puts even more pressure on Apple to up the specs on the next iPhone. If Amazon delivers on its promises on July 25th, the smartphone industry is going to get a lot more interesting.

Google’s modular smartphone, Project Ara, could arrive in early 2015 and cost just $50. For $50 you’d only get a bare-bones Project Ara endoskeleton, of course — you don’t even get a display, I think– but it’s still a very exciting prospect, especially when you factor in the imminent release date. Early 2015 is a lot sooner than any of us were expecting. The utopian concept of having a single phone that you continuously upgrade over a few years, rather than wastefully replace in its entirety, could soon be a reality.

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